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Reservation for EWS: 5 Must Reads

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Will EWS Reservation Survive?

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Transparency tunes in to the “dance of democracy”

The Supreme Court is now hearing a gamut of cases that will have a bearing on the future of democracy

18th Mar 2024

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A decade in incarceration: How justice failed Professor G.N. Saibaba

Saibaba speaks about how bail for the marginalised is a major blind spot for the Courts

14th Mar 2024

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G.N. Saibaba: Judiciary must ensure that fundamental rights are closely guarded

Professor Saibaba speaks to SCO about how the failures of the judiciary is reflected in prisons

12th Mar 2024

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Undoing an absurdity

The Supreme Court’s decision in the Sita Soren case overrules a 26-year-old judgement on the extent of legislative immunity

11th Mar 2024

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Money matters are the oldest matters

Oil companies, realtors and big business have a lot riding on the outcomes of the three longest-pending nine-judge bench cases

4th Mar 2024

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A star in the judicial firmament: Fali Nariman on Justice Subba Rao

An excerpt from Nariman’s autobiography showcases his wit and insight on a favourite topic: Supreme Court judges

1st Mar 2024

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“Be you ever so high”: A brief history of the Supreme Court’s call for impartial agencies

The Jain Hawala decision was meant to have freed agencies like CBI and ED from Union interference. The government keeps finding a backdoor

28th Feb 2024

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From the editor's desk

The differential levels of scrutiny the Court applies to studies on caste vis-a-vis economic backwardness may have deep and abiding implications for how affirmative action policies are crafted in the future, and is especially prescient in a situation where challenges to EWS reservations remain pending.
Can the Supreme Court Provide Reservations for Orphans?

With the petition seeking orphans to be identified as a backward class, are we moving away from a caste centric definition of backwardness.

Part I—The Mandal and Sinho Commissions: A Study in Contrasts

There is a marked difference in the methodology employed by the Mandal and Major Sinho Commissions in studying backwardness.

SC Offers Hope for OBC Reservations in Maharashtra Municipal Elections

The Maharashtra government was directed to submit data justifying its OBC reservation policy to the State Commission for Backward Castes.

Medical Students Relieved as SC Issues Order in PG NEET Case

DESK BRIEF: The SC issued an Order allowing the Union to immediately commence counselling for admissions to postgraduate medical programmes.